UCS at the American Public Health Association (APHA)

This presentation is part of the “Cumulative Impacts: A Framework to Challenge Environmental Racism and Injustice” session from 4:30-6:00 pm.

Science, organizing, and policy: The development, process, and walk-thru of a cumulative impact guide for communities (session 2137.0)

• UCS Senior Scientist Kristie Ellickson
• 5:00-5:15 pm
• Minneapolis Convention Center
• Dr. Ellickson will talk through her experiences working with grassroots communities and organizations to provide information and serve as an ally as they devise guardrails for more protective environmental health laws and regulations.

The intersection of nuclear materials production and Diné health exemplifies the adverse health harms of nuclear colonialism and people in the process of healing and resilience (session 3107.0)

• UCS Scientist Chanese Forté
• 10:30 am-12 pm
• Hilton
• This presentation promises to be a valuable forum for public health regulators, researchers, and community stakeholders, elucidating paths for comprehensive support strategies. In this roundtable session, attendees will get the chance to hear a presentation and participate in an in-depth discussion with each presenter.

Hanford nuclear site—documenting the effects of nuclear material production on communities through community based participatory research (session 3212.0)

• UCS Kendall Fellow Libby McClure
• 2:30- 3:30 pm
• Minneapolis Convention Center
• The issues addressed within this project include completing community-based participatory research (CBPR) within a nonprofit organization, health outcomes of Hanford Site Frontline Communities in relation to nuclear materials exposure, and the human health harms of nuclear materials production, shipping, and storage.

These presentations are part of the "Stronger Together: Rebuilding Trust through Collaborations and Coordination" session from 4:30-6:00 pm.

The Navajo birth cohort study and DiNEH project -- assessing exposures to uranium wastes and implications for Navajo health (session 4280.0)

• Chris Shuey, MPH, Southwest Research and Information Center
• 5:10- 5:30 pm
• Minneapolis Convention Center
• Here we summarize findings of the Diné Network for Environmental Health (DiNEH) Project and the ongoing Navajo Birth Cohort Study (NCBS), which in 2018 joined NIH’s ECHO (Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes) Program.

Understanding traditional ecological knowledge research for and by Dine´-- abandoned uranium mine and mill exposure in the Navajo nation (session 4280.0)

• Tommy Rock, PhD, Northern Arizona University
• 5:30- 5:50 pm
• Minneapolis Convention Center
• Abandoned uranium mines and mill tailing contamination on Indigenous land is harmful and should be remediated, particularly within Naabeehó Bináhásdzo (the Navajo Nation). This work highlights the ongoing health impacts such as cancer-related illnesses stemming from past uranium mining activities, and the importance of addressing these issues using traditional ecological knowledge.

This presentation is part of the "Leveraging Legal Strategies for Environmental Health: Accountability, Access, and Sustainability" session from 8:30-10:00 am.

Research on the record: How your expertise can hold climate polluters accountable (session 5029.0)

• UCS Climate Accountability Campaign Manager Sarah Goodspeed
• 8:30- 8:45 am
• Hilton
• The speaker will share tools for researchers, examples of expert engagement, protecting against risks of litigation, and additional resources and guidance for experts participating in this field of work.